Pigtails... Almost

Someone's daddy thought she was ready for pigtails.

Not quite yet. But getting close!

Natural History

After we got the kids in their new carseats, we headed down to the National Mall for a little Monday Funday fun.
This new (to us at least) tree sculpture in the Sculpture Garden is super cool. While Rock posed for this picture...
Louisa chilled in the stroller and a bunch of random tourists took Rock's picture too.
Inside the Natural History museum, we saw lots of cool animals and bones. Rock requested a pic with the penguin.
I requested a pic of the boys and Louisa by the hippo. Louisa was too busy eating food off the floor (or getting into some other sort of mischief) to pose.
I requested the picture 'cause I wanted to see how much Rock has changed since the last time we were there. In October 2009, he was a lot littler. And blonder!

After the Museum, Rock and I rode on the carousel. He picked the coolest horse by far.

Carseats

I don't know what we did wrong, but both of our kids HATED the infant car seat we picked out. Perhaps it's because the lining is made of polyester and they sweat like pigs.

For some odd reason, I kept Lou in the carrier for a long time! She was way too big for it when five days before her birthday, we finally moved her up to the big girl carseat and moved Rock into a new Booster seat.

They are both much happier in their new seats!

And seeing them side by side makes them suddenly seem really old!

Dentist

Rock was so excited to go to his first dentist appointment.
They gave him some kickin' GIJoe glasses (circa 1984) to protect his eyes from the bright light while polishing his pearly whites.

I love the kid-friendly attitude at our dentist's office. Rock was so comfortable with the friendly staff, he sat by himself for the entire procedure and did a great job!

Cheetah

Would've looked even more awesome if the subject wasn't so wriggly.

Retreaterrific!

The weekend of March 6th, we dropped Rock off with the grandparents and Fix, Louisa and I drove to Charter Hall in Jessup, MD. Fix was the speaker at the Spring Charge Retreat for Liberty Church.

And how did he get this gig? Because of our connections to this guy. Or more importantly, his dad, Nick.

It was so nice to get away to a place by the water...
With just one (super cute) kid and get a break from our regular lives.
Fix's talks were on Christ's offices of Prophet, Priest and King. It was really insightful and engaging and God-glorifying, in my completely unbiased opinion!

In addition to great teaching, there was also fun with toilet paper...

The most hilarious skit I've ever seen...
Canoe racing...
Car pulling...
Water carrying races...
Baby cuddling...

And 100% fantastic food. Each meal was modeled after a different restaurant and the team responsible for serving the meal also decorated the dining room to match the theme restaurant (above it was red and white for Chick-fil-A).

Thank you Nick for planning a wonderful retreat. It was a delight to be there!

Piggy

If you know me, you know pigs are my favorite animal. And so in honor of National Pig Day (March 1st) I am posting a picture of Louisa with her newest favorite possession.She LOVES this little piggy from PBK! I gave it to her to distract her during Story Hour and she refused to give it back. It was only $10 and I had a full Story Hour card (aka I had $10 of free merchandise to get!) so I got it for her. By the next Story Hour it was so gross with 'love' from Louisa, I decided to get her two replacements as I know she will be wearing out this lovey.